Our Genealogy Helper
Introduction ...
We have a couple of goals for our Gazetteer:
- That it be a tool which helps us with planning our trips.
- We're trying to shape our Gazetteer as a tool to help us understand the community in which our ancestors lived, the community that was part of their daily lives.
- On our trips, we try to visit those places where our ancestors left their footprints.
By learning about Lake Tapawingo (and the surrounding area) during the time that our ancestors lived, we hope to have a better understanding of both their community and its relationship to their lifes. We hope that this tool helps to give us an insight into their world.
As we add data and organize our Gazetteer to help with our family research, we will be adding to this our Genealogical Helper for Lake Tapawingo. While we don't have information that is specific to any given person or family, we intend to expand our understanding about where and how people lived.
Name Variations for Lake Tapawingo ...
When searching records, keep in mind that names and their spelling can change over time. Our sources include documents like maps, railroad schedules, Travel, Express and Shipping Guides. Many of these documents date from the 1800's and it's common to find spelling differences.
Although we can't give a definitive list, hopefully the following will give you a feel for the variations that might occur.
For example, a typical abbreviation for Lake Tapawingo: Lk. Tapawingo
If you have information about these names (such as the reason for the change, date of change, the origin of the name), please Contact Us.
Neighboring Counties ...
When searching for family records, we have frequently made the mistake of not checking the neighboring counties.
For example, we have great-grandparents who lived in the northeast corner of their home county. During their lives, most doctors and hospitals were in the next county to the east. Almost all of the nearby churches and cemeteries were in the county to the north.
So when searching for records, we had our best success by looking in neighboring counties instead of the county in which they lived: their home county contained property and probate records; the county to the east contained birth and death records; the county to the north contained their burial records. If we hadn't included the neighboring counties, we would have missed many valuable sources of information.
If you're in a similar situation, we hope that the following information helps.
Lake Tapawingo is located in Jackson County.
To see how the shape of Missouri's counties may have changed over time, we recommend the Atlas of Historical County Boundaries.
The following counties adjoin and form the boundaries of Jackson County: Johnson (KS), Wyandotte (KS), Cass, Clay, Johnson, Lafayette & Ray.
Below are the counties that are near Lake Tapawingo. For each of these counties, we show a sample of those communities that are closest to Lake Tapawingo:
- Jackson County (The home county of Lake Tapawingo)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Blue Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Grain Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Adams
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Little Blue
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Lake Lotawana
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southeast)
- Unity Village
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the southwest)
- Unity Village is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Unity Village
- Population from the 2020 Census: 72 people
- Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Raytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Buckner
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northeast)
- Cement City
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the northwest)
- Cement City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cement City
- Cass County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Lee's Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake Winnebago
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the south)
- Lake Winnebago is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Winnebago
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,370 people
- Baldwin Park
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Baldwin Park is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Baldwin Park
- Population from the 2020 Census: 96 people
- Pleasant Hill
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the south)
- Raymore
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the southwest)
- Coleman
(18 miles [29 km] to the south)
- Coleman is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Coleman
- Belton
(18 miles [29 km] to the southwest)
- Strasburg
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southeast)
- Harrelson
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the southwest)
- Harrelson is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Harrelson
- Loch Lloyd
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the southwest)
- Loch Lloyd is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Loch Lloyd
- Population from the 2020 Census: 835 people
- Loch Lloyd has also been known as:
- Loch Lloyd village
- Riverview Estates
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the southwest)
- Riverview Estates is located in Cass County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Riverview Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 84 people
- Riverview Estates has also been known as:
- Riverview Estates village
- Peculiar
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the south)
- East Lynne
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the south)
- Clay County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Sugar Creek
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Birmingham is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Birmingham
- Population from the 2020 Census: 209 people
- Minaville
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the northwest)
- Minaville is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Minaville
- East Kansas City
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- East Kansas City is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for East Kansas City
- Randolph
(13 miles [20.9 km] to the northwest)
- Randolph is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Randolph
- Population from the 2020 Census: 56 people
- Missouri City
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the north)
- Avondale
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Avondale is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Avondale
- Population from the 2020 Census: 456 people
- Claycomo
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Claycomo is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Claycomo
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,526 people
- Glenaire
(15 miles [24.1 km] to the northwest)
- Glenaire is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glenaire
- Population from the 2020 Census: 583 people
- Liberty
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the north)
- North Kansas City
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Pleasant Valley is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pleasant Valley
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,047 people
- Woodhill
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northwest)
- Woodhill is located in Clay County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodhill
- Johnson County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Kingsville
(23 miles [37 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the southeast)
- Columbus is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Columbus
- Holden
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the southeast)
- La Tour
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- La Tour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for La Tour
- Latour
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southeast)
- Latour is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Latour
- Greendoor
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southeast)
- Greendoor is located in Johnson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Greendoor
- Lafayette County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Bates City
(12 miles [19.3 km] to the east)
- Napoleon
(14 miles [22.5 km] to the northeast)
- Napoleon is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Napoleon
- Population from the 2020 Census: 214 people
- Waterloo
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Waterloo is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waterloo
- Lake Lafayette
(18 miles [29 km] to the east)
- Lake Lafayette is located in Lafayette County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Lafayette
- Population from the 2020 Census: 340 people
- Odessa
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the east)
- Wellington
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northeast)
- Mayview
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the east)
- Lexington
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Platte County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Northmoor
(18 miles [29 km] to the northwest)
- Northmoor is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Northmoor
- Population from the 2020 Census: 362 people
- Riverside
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the northwest)
- Houston Lake
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Houston Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Houston Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 248 people
- Lake Waukomis
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the northwest)
- Lake Waukomis is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake Waukomis
- Population from the 2020 Census: 874 people
- Parkville
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Woods
(23 miles [37 km] to the northwest)
- Platte Woods is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Platte Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 406 people
- Weatherby Lake
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northwest)
- Weatherby Lake is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Weatherby Lake
- Population from the 2020 Census: 2,086 people
- Ferrelview
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Ferrelview is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Ferrelview
- Population from the 2020 Census: 800 people
- Linkville ‑ Historic
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the northwest)
- Linkville is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Linkville
- Waldron
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the northwest)
- Waldron is located in Platte County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Waldron
- Ray County
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Orrick
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the northeast)
- Albany
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the northeast)
- Albany is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Albany
- Fleming
(18 miles [29 km] to the northeast)
- Fleming is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Fleming
- Population from the 2020 Census: 128 people
- Camden
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northeast)
- Wood Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Wood Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wood Heights
- Population from the 2020 Census: 700 people
- Woods Heights
(23 miles [37 km] to the north)
- Woods Heights is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woods Heights
- Crystal Lakes
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Crystal Lakes is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Crystal Lakes
- Population from the 2020 Census: 352 people
- Homestead
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the north)
- Homestead is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Homestead
- Population from the 2020 Census: 184 people
- Henrietta
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Henrietta is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Henrietta
- Population from the 2020 Census: 355 people
- Richmond
(25 miles [40.2 km] to the northeast)
- Excelsior Estates
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the north)
- Excelsior Estates is located in Ray County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Excelsior Estates
- Population from the 2020 Census: 146 people
- Rayville
(26 miles [41.8 km] to the northeast)
- Lawson
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the north)
- Johnson County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Fairway
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Leawood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mission Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mission Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 3,533 people
- Mission Woods
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Mission Woods is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission Woods
- Population from the 2020 Census: 195 people
- Westwood Hills
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Westwood Hills is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood Hills
- Population from the 2020 Census: 390 people
- Westwood
(16 miles [25.7 km] to the west)
- Westwood is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Westwood
- Population from the 2020 Census: 1,642 people
- Prairie Village
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Roeland Park
(17 miles [27.4 km] to the west)
- Countryside
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Countryside is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Countryside
- Mission
(18 miles [29 km] to the west)
- Mission is located in Johnson County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mission
- Population from the 2020 Census: 9,873 people
- Former name for Mission:
- Mission Hill Acres
- Jump to TripAdvisor's Tourism page for Mission <1>
- Merriam
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the west)
- Overland Park
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Lenexa
(22 miles [35.4 km] to the west)
- Leavenworth County (KS)
- Highland
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the northwest)
- Highland is located in Leavenworth County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Highland
- Miami County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Wea
(28 miles [45.1 km] to the southwest)
- Wea is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Wea
- Bucyrus
(29 miles [46.7 km] to the southwest)
- Bucyrus is located in Miami County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bucyrus
- Wyandotte County (KS)
- The following are listed by their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Argentine
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Argentine is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Argentine
- Kansas City
(19 miles [30.6 km] to the west)
- Quindaro ‑ Historic
(20 miles [32.2 km] to the northwest)
- Quindaro is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Quindaro
- Turner
(21 miles [33.8 km] to the west)
- Turner is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Turner
- Morris
(23 miles [37 km] to the west)
- Morris is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Morris
- Grinter Heights
(24 miles [38.6 km] to the west)
- Grinter Heights is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Grinter Heights
- Edwardsville
(27 miles [43.5 km] to the west)
- Bonner Springs
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Piper
(30 miles [48.3 km] to the west)
- Piper is located in Wyandotte County (KS)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Piper
For an expanded list of the communities that are closest to Lake Tapawingo, see our County-by-County Page for Lake Tapawingo.
Cemeteries Near Lake Tapawingo ...
Below are cemeteries that are in the vicinity of Lake Tapawingo.
This is a new section and is likely to have errors. If you find an error, such as a missing cemetery or we have the wrong name, please let us know. If you know of them, we would also appreciate learning about previous or alternate names.
Although we don't have the information ourselves, if you need information about a burial or interment, photos, transcripts, how to contact the cemetery or local authorities, please visit our list of websites on our Genealogy Helper Page for Lake Tapawingo - one of the links might be able to help.
If not found below, our Cemetery List for Lake Tapawingo covers a larger area, with the cemeteries listed in alphabetical order.
The following cemeteries are listed based on their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Stanley Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the southwest)
- Blue Springs Cemetery
(Less than 2 miles to the east)
- Bridges Cemetery
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
- Cowherd Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the south)
- Lobb Cemetery
(3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
- Hylton Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
- Purdee Chapel Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the southeast)
- Luttrell Cemetery
(4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Luttrell Cemetery
- The Luttrell Cemetery has also been known as:
- Carr Cemetery
- Dalton Cemetery
- Luttrell - Dalton Cemetery
- Valley Memorial Gardens
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Oak Ridge Memory Gardens
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Grain Valley Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Oakland Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northeast)
- Continue List (308 more) ...
- Woodlawn Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the northwest)
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodlawn Cemetery
- To give a relative sense of its location, the Woodlawn Cemetery is a very large cemetery that is located in Independence.
- The Woodlawn Cemetery has also been known as:
- Independence Cemetery
- Jump to Find-A-Grave: FG ID #32371 <2>
- Campground Cemetery
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the west)
- Lee's Summit Cemetery
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the south)
Nearby Communities in 1895 ...
We've built the following list with information that came from an Atlas published by Rand McNally in 1895. The Atlas had details such as the population of the community (which appears to have come from the 1890 Census) and whether there was a post office and/or railroad service available. We also indicate if the community no longer exists and is now historic.<3>
While we didn't find Lake Tapawingo in the Atlas, the following 1895 communities would have been found near the current location of Lake Tapawingo.
These communities are listed based on their distance from Lake Tapawingo, with the one closest to Lake Tapawingo listed first.
- Blue Springs
(2 miles [3.2 km] to the east)
- Little Blue
(5 miles [8 km] to the west)
- Little Blue is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Little Blue
- Adams
(5 miles [8 km] to the north)
- Adams is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Adams
- Grain Valley
(5 miles [8 km] to the east)
- Pink Hill
(6 miles [9.7 km] to the east)
- Pink Hill is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pink Hill
- Lee's Summit
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the southwest)
- Lake City
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northeast)
- Lake City is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Lake City
- Independence
(7 miles [11.3 km] to the northwest)
- Raytown
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the west)
- Maywood
(8 miles [12.9 km] to the northwest)
- Maywood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Maywood
- Oak Grove
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the east)
- Blue Mills
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the north)
- Blue Mills is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Blue Mills
- Continue List (17 more) ...
- Mount Washington
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Mount Washington is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Mount Washington
- Englewood
(9 miles [14.5 km] to the northwest)
- Englewood is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Englewood
- Cockrell
(10 miles [16.1 km] to the southeast)
- Cockrell is located in Jackson County
- Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Cockrell
We've also created an expanded list of communities that existed in the 1890's and were located in the area around Lake Tapawingo. See our List of 1890's Communities around Lake Tapawingo.
Newspapers Published in Lake Tapawingo ...
An ongoing effort between the Library of Congress and the National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) has resulted in the National Digital Newspaper Program (NDNP).
To share their results, the partnership has created the Chronicling America website. The goal of this partnership is to assemble a database about the current and historic newspapers of the United States. This includes a growing collection of scanned images from selected papers. All of it available to the public on their website.
Using information that we've taken from the Chronicling America website, we've identified 122 newspapers that have been published in the area around Lake Tapawingo.
Although we're unaware of any newspapers that were published in the immediate area of Lake Tapawingo, there are papers which were published within 19 miles [30.6 km]<4>. A list of those papers, sorted by paper name, can be found on the Extended Newspaper List for Lake Tapawingo.
Websites to Help With Your Genealogy Research ...
When we do our genealogical research, we like to start with the websites from Cyndi's List, FamilySearch and Genealogy Trails. These professional and volunteer websites offer the information directly or else point to where you can find it. Their information is open to everyone.
To help you get started, the following links will take you to the pages that are relevant to Lake Tapawingo:
- Websites specific to Missouri
- Pages specific to Jackson County
- Genealogy information for nearby counties
- Cass County
- Clay County
- Johnson County
- Lafayette County
- Platte County
- Ray County
- Johnson County
- Leavenworth County
- Miami County
- Wyandotte County
- Cemetery Information and Directories for Missouri
Footnotes ...
| <1> | While we're fans and frequent users of TripAdvisor, you should know that we're also members of the TripAdvisor affiliate program. |
| <2> | The Find-a-Grave website is an excellent research tool with information about a cemetery's location and interments. They also offer a forum for their members which can provide additional help. More information about Find-a-Grave can be found on their website: findagrave.com. |
| <3> | We use the term 'Historic' broadly and it generally means that the community no longer exists. However, it can also mean that the community might still exist, but was significantly larger or had a more 'official' existence in the past than it does now. Unfortunately our sources of data have proven to be unreliable. If you can provide us with more specific information about Lake Tapawingo, please let us know so that we can improve our accuracy. |
| <4> | Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line drawn from Point A (ie- Lake Tapawingo) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'. |